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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Right wing media gets panties in a bunch over video game that doesn't exist. ![]()
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Blarg. Hang on...
Link to the associated youtube video
Basically, someone at Encyclopedia Dramatica made a cheap demo and the Right Wing press basically took it as a "real game".
edited 18th Jan '13 3:30:47 PM by DevilTakeMe
Glove and Boots is good for Blog!Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) rips Chris Christie for NRA attack
Ouch.
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edited 18th Jan '13 5:27:35 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016Kansas governor Brownback proposes major cut in ethics commission budget
1: You shouldn't have to -challenge- your placement on the terrorist watch list; you shouldn't be penalized for being on it at all, because you can be put on it without a hearing if whoever's watching it has "reasonable suspicion" that you might be a terrorist (in other words, not enough evidence to arrest you). This is a violation of due process.
2: TR Os themselves are entirely unconstitutional; when a TRO is granted, the target's rights are temporarily restricted without a hearing (for example, they can be evicted from their own home). So adding to what can be done to that strengthens an existing violation of due process.
4: Administrative forfeiture does not require a conviction, and challenging it places the burden of proof on the person whose assets have been seized. Who in their right mind would want to allow even more of that?
So yeah, I think the NRA was right to go ACLU against these particular laws; the fact that they're only targeting symptoms of greater diseases doesn't make them wrong to attack them.
edited 18th Jan '13 8:45:31 PM by Ramidel
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Eric Holder's not exactly the sort of person whose opinion on that issue I would trust. No one is going to forget his role in Fast and Furious and how good an idea he thought that was, even if the President granted him Executive Privilege.
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Fixed.
edited 18th Jan '13 9:43:34 PM by DeviantBraeburn
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Here is a fun analogy from Cornel West.
Under the NDAA MLK could have been tried and executed with out due process because of his association with a know terrorist... Nelson Mandela.
Who remained in the State´s Department terrorist list for decade, until 2008 it seems, and received vast amounts of support from Cuba.
Dont know if MLK and Nelson Mandela had any direct association as Dr. West suggests but its an interesting tought nontheless. It also brings to mind Malcom X.
DR. CORNEL WEST - GOVERNMENT CAN BE OPPRESSIVE
Of course.. MLK ended up dead anyways.
edited 19th Jan '13 3:25:26 PM by Baff
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I hate to point this out, but technically speaking Nelson Mandela was a terrorist under the Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters trope. That is, he was the leader of the ANC's armed wing, he planned and carried out bombing and other acts of sabotage and he was making plans for a guerilla war against the South African government before his final arrest and imprisonment.
He felt himself that the ANC had ended up violating human rights; that was part of the reason he made sure the Truth and Reconciliation Commission wasn't prevented from investigating all sides in the conflict.
It ain't over 'till the ring hits the lava.
which shows why we shouldnt brutalise terrorist and not allow them to access due process. Because they are not beyond redemption and they can even help stabilize their own factions.
Not always but in certain circumstances, circumstances which due process and respect for human rights would allow us to take advantage of.
Also, I once heard that Tea Party was a terrorist attack against britain according to the FBI guideline.
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edited 19th Jan '13 3:39:50 PM by Baff
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Well bombing, guerilla tactics and sabotage are not terrorism per se acording to my personal definition. Becuase the legal definition mean anyone is a terrorist really, the largest one being the U.S government.
your comment reminds me of this:
But that articles has a mistake. It says "if you live in texas" which is not technically true since textbook makers usually adhere to the texas standards as to be able to be sold nationwide to maximun number of students. So this guidelines end up becoming national guidelines in a market sense.
edited 19th Jan '13 3:42:08 PM by Baff
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Well I dont want to go down in flames with this particular topic.
I do beleive congress would become incredibly corrupt, in a negative way, if term limits were abolished.
But actually, if congress was a little bit more corrupt tha, it is at this moment... it would be kinda better in a way.
Nontheless the problem isnt term limits but campaing contributions. Limiting terms is the wrong cure for the wrong disease.
edited 18th Jan '13 3:18:44 PM by Baff
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